Boston, Mass – In honor of our return to this fair city, Lonely Planet has posted my article about A Perfect Day in Boston. More about our amazing week in Belize coming up soon. Bostonians like their freedom. The city’s…
Fenway Park
Boston, Mass – We’re trying the baseball thing this year. The twins got baseball gloves from the Easter Bunny. They’re going to try playing tee-ball next month. And today–for the very first time–they went to Fenway Park. I got tickets on a…
Snow-tography Essay, Winter 2015
Somerville, Mass – There comes a time, when there is just no place left to put the snow. This seemed to occur after our first big snow storm, in the last week in January, when we got 22 inches of snow.…
Surviving Winter
Somerville, Mass – So, apparently we’re about to experience a “potentially historic blizzard” in the Northeast. That seems like an appropriate time to post some strategies for surviving winter with small children with an excess of energy. One winter, we happened…
Maya: Hidden World Revealed
Boston, Mass – I really wanted to see Maya: Hidden World Revealed, the temporary exhibit at the Museum of Science, by myself. Or maybe on a date with my best boy Daddio. But not with the twins. This, of course, is…
Street Art – Os Gêmeos
Boston, Mass – I just came across this gem, left behind by Os Gêmeos–twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, authors of our pizza-man in Union Square. This one looks like a self-portrait!
The Light Princess
Cambridge, Mass – To celebrate the end of Christmas vacation, we went to the ART to see The Light Princess, a fairy tale by Scottish author George MacDonald. I had never heard of the Light Princess, before I bought tickets to the…
First Night Family Festival
Boston, Mass – Boston held the country’s first First Night way back in 1975. For those not familiar with the New Year’s Eve event, it’s a jam-packed schedule of performances, art exhibits, interactive activities, ice sculptures and fireworks, held at venues all…
Museum of Fine Arts for Kids
Boston, Mass – It’s only recently that I have gained the confidence (or foolhardiness) to take the twins to the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) when there are no special kids’ activities on tap. We used to go regularly to the bimonthly “play…
Christmas – Here vs There
Somerville, Mass – The twins brought home a worksheet from school that we were supposed to fill out and return. Some of the questions included: My family members come from these countries ____________________________________ During the holidays, we celebrate _______________________________________________ A special…